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"Two-year delay in controversial plan to privatise East Coast rail franchise"

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  1. chdot
    Admin

    http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/two-year-delay-in-controversial-plan-to-privatise-east-coast-rail-franchise-1.1116102

    Posted 13 years ago #

  2. kaputnik
    Moderator

    I wonder if Olympics has anything to do with decision making?

    Posted 13 years ago #

  3. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel. Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel. Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon. Like a carousel that's turning running rings around the moon.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  4. jonty
    Member

    WHAT

    I had to double check that I wasn't misunderstanding this somehow. Totally absurd.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  5. chdot
    Admin

    My bold -

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    Instead, Vtec is likely to pay a fraction of that sum, with the bulk of payments due in the final years of the franchise.

    The firm signalled that it also expects its payments for the next three years to be cut. In the first full year of operation, it paid £204m. Shares in Stagecoach jumped 12% on the news.

    “

    Posted 7 years ago #

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